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ILS - Immediate Life Support recertification course

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Immediate Life Support (recertification)

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ILS recertification courses are held at centres throughout the UK and are approved and certified by the Resuscitation Council (UK). This ensures a uniformity of content and standard regardless of the centre.

The half-day recertification ILS course is only available to those within one year of the expiry of their Resuscitation Council (UK) ILS provider certificate. If more than a year has elapsed since the expiry of the ILS certificate the full ILS course must be attended.

Who is this course suitable for?
The ILS recertification course is suitable for doctors, medical students, nurses, nursing students, midwives, healthcare providers such as physiotherapists, dentist and ambulance technicians. It may also be suitable for fire service technicians, police personnel and prison officers. Candidates must be within one year of their provider certificate expiry date.

Learning outcomes

The ILS course revises the knowledge and skills to:

  • identify the causes and promote the prevention of cardiopulmonary arrest; 
  • recognise and treat the deteriorating patient using the ABCDE approach;
  • undertake the skills of quality CPR and defibrillation (manual and /or AED) and simple airway manoeuvres;
  • utilise non-technical skills to facilitate initial leadership and effective team membership

ILS recertification courses are held at centres throughout the UK and are approved and certified by the Resuscitation Council (UK). This ensures a uniformity of content and standard regardless of the centre.

The ILS recertification course is run over half a day and the course programme consists of one lecture, CASDemo, and cardiac arrest and sick patient simulations (i.e. CASTeach).

Assessment and Certification
Assessment is continuous and is guided by the assessment forms provided for each core skill (e.g. initial resuscitation and assessment, and airway management).  Copies of the assessment forms should be forwarded to the candidate with their manual.

Successful candidates receive a Resuscitation Council (UK) ILS provider certificate, which is valid for one year. 

Pre-course preparation
Candidates must have a current ILS manual.Candidates are expected to have prepared for the course by reading the manual.  Some centres may send candidates an MCQ paper which support candidate learning.

Programme

Regulations

ILS recertification courses are held throughout the year at centres across the UK. To apply, candidates should contact individual course centres for application details. Course fees are decided locally by the course centre. For further information on any aspect of the course, please contact the ILS Co-ordinator at [email protected].

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AlexandriaVale of Leven District General HospitalMaggie Wainwright[email protected]
Ashton-under-LyneTameside General HospitalLiz Walisko[email protected]
AylesburyStoke Mandeville HospitalJoanne Jackson[email protected]
BangorYsbyty GwyneddAngela Davies[email protected]
BarnsleyBarnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustVivien Parkinson[email protected]
BarnstapleNorth Devon District HospitalRobert Tyacke[email protected]
BathCircle Bath HospitalSarah Blake[email protected]
BebingtonThe Clatterbridge Cancer CentreSara Clough[email protected]
BedfordBedford HospitalSally Smith[email protected]
Belfast352 HealthcareLeanne Breen[email protected]

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Continuing Professional Development for Doctors

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